Owen Charters: Take time to connect

We all do it — answer a text during dinner, play one last game on our phone when we should be working, or compulsively check who has liked our latest post.
As adults, most of us know that the technology at our fingertips — computers, phones, tablets — are meant to serve us rather than rule us … and we still find ourselves enthralled by the power of our screens.
Yet for young people, especially teenagers, it’s even worse. We’re rapidly discovering that technol